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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-01-22

5. c. CUMMINGS,
Livery, Feed and Sale Stable.
First class rigs at reasonable rates. Barn open
at all hours. Near Northwest corner of the Pub
lie Square, Phillipsburg, Kansas. 7-21
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-01-22

tLltU JAWS,
Attorney at Law.
Office, South Side of Public Square, Philips
burg, Kansas.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-01-22

WILLIAM BISSELL,
Real Estate and Loan Agent
Business before the U. s. Land Office at Kirwin,
Kansas, and before the Department at Washing
ton, D. c., promptly transacted. 7-2l0
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
H. WALLACE, NJ. D.


Physician and Surgeon.
Special attention given to the diseases OF wo-
men. ONCE south side public square, Phillips
urgh. Kansas.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-01-22

a. B. HOUCK, NJ. D.
Eclectic Physician,
Office at G. w. Bickford's Drug Store, North side
Public Square, PhilliDsburg, Kansas. All calls
both day and night promptly attended. 7-21
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-01-22

H. d. BROTHERS, NJ. D.,
Physician
Office at II. a. HaTmon's Drug Store east side OF
Fu6hc Square, Phillipsburg, Kansas. All calls
both day and night promptly attended to. d18-s6
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-04-29
Animals that Clnnre Color.

There is tiny crustacean, the chame-
leon shrimp, which can alter its hue TO
that of any material on which it happens
to rest. On a sandy bottom it appears
gray or sand-colored; when lurking
among seaweed it becomes green, or red
or brown, according to the nature of its
momentary background. Probably the
effect is quite unconscious, or at least in
voluntary, like blushing with ourselves
and nobody ever blushed on purpose.
though they do say distinguished poet
once complained that an eminent actor
did not follow his stage directions because
he omitted to obey the rubrical remark,
Here Haroh puppies with anger" The
change is produced by certain automatic
muscles which force up particular pig
ment cells above the Others, green com
ing to the top on a green surface, red on
a ruddy one, and brown or gray where
the circumstances demand them. MANY
kinds of fish similarly alter color to suit
their background by forcing forward or
backward certain special pigment-cells
known rs chromatophOres, whose various
combinations produce at viii almost any
required tone or shade. Almost all rep
tiles and amphibians possess the power Of
changing their hue in accordance with
their environment in q very high degree;
it is difficult to say what is the normal
coloring, as they vary indefinitely from
buff and dove-color 20 chocolate brown,
rose, and even lilac.-CornhiH.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-04-29
Electrical Searches for BuIlets.

When President Garfield was slowly
dying at Elberon, and the attending sur
geOns were locating the fatal bullet in
spots clear away from where, after death.
it was discovered, an electrical apparatus
was constructed by Professor Graham
Bell for the purpose of finding the bit OF
land. The failure was ridiculed, much to
the chagrin of Bell and the doctors. The
discovery has since been made that Gar
field lay on a metallic mattress, which
frustrated the electricity. Now under the
sanction of the New York Academy of
Medicine, a machine has been constructed
and tested. The machine consisted of q
battery, coils and other familiar tele-
graphic devices, but principally of a thin
steel probe connected with the wires in a
manner invented by Bell. The surface
of the patient over an imbedded bullet
was cocained, so as to deprive it Of all
feeling. Then the probe was thrust in.
As the end of the steel came within six
inches of the bullet, the surgeon with his
ear to telephone cap heard a humming
sound, which grew louder as the metal
was approached. The flesh was jabbed a
number Of times, and the trial was re-
garded as a success. Later n war veteran
submitted to search for a bullet that
had entered his chest and remained some
where in him for twenty years. The
needle hummed its way to the leads hid
ing place and it was removed. DR.. John
a. Girdner, who operated the instrument,
said that its use would have saved Gar
fields life in all probability.-Ner York
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-04-29
Germany's Fighting strength.

Military service is compulsory upon all
Germans. The term of liability begins
at the age of twenty. and lasts for twelve
years, at the expiration of which the sol
dicr passes into the Landsturm, and re-
mains still available, in exceptionable
circumstances, up to the age Of forty-two.
He spends only his first three years with
the colors. The next four he spends
in the reserve; and for yet another five
years he belongs TO the Landwehr. This
system provides the empire with peace
effective of about AS, 900 men and Off
GERS. The army is organized into army
corps, of which there are normally seven
teen There is, in ambition, the Corps Of
the Guard, having its headquarters in
Berlin; and there are also twenty bat
talions of Rifles and several independent
cavalry divisions, which, in time of var,
would be attached to the various '.ar-
mies,n each consisting of two or more
corps. Every army corps is divided into
two divisions, each of two infantry
brigadcs, each of two regiments, each of
three battalions; and to every division
mounted batteries Of artillery, one or two
companies of engineers, pontoon train,
and ammunition aud provision columns
The ordinary strength of an army corps is:
infantry 20, 45G men, with l,172 horses;
cavalry, ;,59i men. with 700 horses; ar
tillery. /, 800 men, with l, 200 horses and
As guns; engineers Of four companies,
$50 men, with IS horses; train, etc, saw
900 men, with 600 horses; total, 90, go
men, with 4, sos horses and 4s guns. The
total war strength of the army corps is
81, $50 men, with 10, 617 horses, 96 guns,
and 1851 carriages. The seventeen mo-
bilized army corps would therefore in
clude $50, 1873 men, with $50, 4S9 horses,
1852 guns, and &c. 027 carriages. The va
rious unattached troops would bring the
effective men and officers up to SOS, $50,
with 260, 97S horses, 2, SAG guns, and 3d.
0l6 carriages. These figures represent
the total of the first line of the active army
in war time. The reserve field troops
would number in addition 1856, 766 men,
with %, $50 horses, !, 002 guns, and 49,
695 carriages, making with the first line
an active total of 1,265, 476 men, with
1855, 1928 horses, 3,S4S, guns, and As, I'll
carriages Behind this mass of men stands
the garrison army, composed of the depot
and garrison troops, and portion of the
Landsturm called out to replace the Land
weir in the field. This, according to of
fetal estimate, has strength of s09,sl
men, with 40, $40 horses, $40 guns, and
!, 225 carriages. 1t may thus be said that,
without calling out the whole of the
Landsturm Germany can command 2, 075-,
56S men for the defence of the Father
and.-L0Hd0n Nelos.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-04-29
A Perilous Pursuit.

The natives of the Alaska Seal islands
greatly prize the eggs of some Of the
"cliff jewellers, and do not hesitate to
risk their lives in the most foolhardy
manner to obtain the much coveted
article of food. A common way of
obtaining the eggs of birds max
ing their nests here is to lower q
native down over the face of the cliff by
means of a stout rope made Of walrus or
sea-lion hide. After he has filed pouch,
which he carries with him, he is hauled
up again by his companions above. A
curious and frightful accident happened
at st. George some years since, by which
native lost his life while engaged in
gathering eggs. He had been lowered
over the cliff and was busily engaged in
filing his pouch, when for some reason
his companions were called away for
moment, leaving the egg-hunter dangling
against the side of the precipice. In that
moment a hungry fox which had been
lowering nea= by, attracted by tie greese
and oil in the rope, seized 1t and IN
a moment gnawed it in two. When the
natives returned they found the rope cut
in twain by the sharp teeth of the fox,
and their companion crushed into
shapeless mass upon the jagged rocks
|, 900 feet below. San FrGHcasco
Chronicle
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-04-29
Indian Ornaments.

There are few ornaments now in use
with any meaning among the Dokota In
dians. Eagle feathers, the number worn
showing the number of enemies killed,
the wing feathers of the bald headed
eagle denote male, and the black eagle
feathers denoting women, are, perhaps,
most prominent. If they have scalped
the enemy broad red streak is painted
upon the feathers. If the person killed
was of prominence or reputation, the
feather is sometimes dyed red. Small
sticks wrapped with porcupine quilts are
sometimes attached to the quill of a
E.-fher and little pieces of white fur
gled to the ends. No one will wear an
eale feather unless entitled to it, as they
belve it will fly away from their heads
i if Urn unlawfully. The scalp lock is still
woi~ even among the so-called civilized
Indians. They arrange the scalp. lock
proper an inch across, and tie around this
very firmly headband, and then the hair
is braided and an otter skin is tied around
it spirally forming braid at least. two,
and sometimes as much as four feet long.
This is kept oiled for the enemy. If an
Indian has the time, and the person killed
is of importance, he will scalp off the
whole from beneath the eyebrows, includ-
ing the eyes. Grizzly bear claws are
worn as necklaces, do not believe as
mark of distinction, but as they are costly
think the wearing of them is merely a
matter of wealth and not of craftsmanship.
Helena (NoRtdnG) Herald.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-04-29

The last trial of the steam wagon, I'M
der the supervision of Superintendent
Williams, was more satisfactory than any
trial yet made 1t hauled thirty tons in
eight days, but at an expense of S23 more
than horse power. The principal difficulty
seems 10 be in the horse power Of the en-
CINE In sandy places the wagon does
not make as good time as on good, hard
grade road, although the tire of the
wheels coveTs the bread expanse of eigh-
teen inches. The wagon can turn in the
small space of what four-horse team
could. 1t does not convey sufficiency
Of water for steam, and as a consequence
it has to be supplied with water hauled
20 various points on its route. With these
iraperfecfions overcome, it IS anticipated
that the steam wagon will ere long run
horse power into the more common walks
Of life as did the locomotive Tombstone
An. EpifapA.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-04-29
Last OF the Buffalo.

It is sad thing to say, but the great
American bison is practically gone for
ever, writes William T. Hornaday. The
Pacific Railroad. the Sharps rifle, snd
mans Unsuitable destructiveness have done
their work, and the noblest ruminant Of
them all has gone down before them
The leaden hail of the breech-loader has
swept the millions of buffaloes from the
face of the earth before single strong
hand has been raised to stop the mercileSs
slaughter. To look back upon the buffa-
loes as they were few years ago only
adds to our regret for their fate; but it
may serve to point moral very strongly
IN the direction Of our few remaining elk,
deer, antelope and mountain sheep.
Here, then is the history, in brief, of the
determination of our grandest and most
valuable American mammal:
Twenty years ago bUffaloes swarmed in
countless thousands over the whole of the
great pasture region of the West-from
the Saskatchewan to southern Texas, and
eastward from the Rocky Mountains to
the border of civilization Their number
was estimated variously at ffom six to ten
millions, and later figures have proven
mat the former was by no means over the
actual fact. Within the memory of man
or the limits of history, so far as know.
no other species of quadruped has ever
existed on the earth in such mighty multi
tudes as did Bos Americans twenty wears
ago. Often and often have plainsmen
said to me, in speaking of former times:
The whole country was literary black |
with buffaloes as far as the eve could seel
Every hill was covered and every hollow
was full" There were thousands of
square miles of them, and when big herd
was encountered travelling it seemed ac-
tually interminable One that knew of
US as,ftIaE fire hama u naSspg given p0int in
a dead run" Trains on the first railway
built across the plains were sometimes
stopped for hours at time by thousands
of buiIaloes swa1ning on the track, and
travellers have gone over hundred and
twenty miles of territory through an al
most unbroken herd. In all that we have
read of the marvellous abundance of wild
animals on the plains of South Central
Africa, even the most exaggerated ac-
counts fall far below what we actually
know of the presence of the buffalo in
the United States
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-04-29

1t is not always safe, says Youths Com
pdni0n, abbreviate a statement, trust
ing to the imagination of the reader tc
fill up its blanks. The man who scolded
his wife for the amount of ditto which
was charged in her market-bill, would
never have been betrayed into such
warmth had the marketman been pos
sessed Of more redundant literary STYLE.
In Bavaria the Mayor of little village
was ordered by the higher authorities tc
make out list of the dogs kept by the
inhabitants. he did so, and the list read
as follows:
The school teacher-a dog.
The pastor-a dog.
The DOCTOR dog.
Myself dog.
Al ofvs togsthsF-ts'I dsgsr
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-04-29
A Giant Beetle.

There is now to be seen at the Liver
pool Museum living specimen Of one Of
the giants of the beetle world, which
measured about four inches in length, and
which was captured near Rio de Janeiro
early in June last year, and presented to
the museum by Frederick Taylor, of Ram
hill. These beetles, notwithstanding
their enormous size and ferocious appear
ance, due to the horns growing from the
head and thorax, are perfectly harmless,
snbsisting during their laval state on rot
ten vegetable matter. The specimen IN
der notice is feeding freely on the fruit
of the banana This is the only specimen
of these large beetles ever seen alive in
Liverpool.-Neo York telegram.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-04-29
Abyssinia's Great General.

Has Alula, the Abyssinian General, is
thirty-fve years of age, and the son of a
slave. His origin is revealed by his darker
skin. Tall, well-made, with a proud and
resolute air, he is much feared by his
people. The reputation gained by many
succeeful razzias has increased his popu-
larity. The Negus regards him as his
right arm, and, knowing that he would
be powerless without his assistance, lays
aside in his case the suspicion which he
entertains for all men. In days of peace
he resides in tent on the mountain of
Asmara. His immediate followers num-
Der only few thousands, but in war time
these can be raised to as many as 10000
men.-L0nd0n Times.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-04-29
A Yerr Sangninn Man.

There goes one of the most sanguint
men ever knew
HSoT'
.sYes. his implicit faith in the advance
ment Of civilization, and the good things
the future has in store for us is simply
wonderful"
docs he think the future will bring
messenger boys who can walk mile in
half day. Surely he is not so rash as
that"
.IOh. worse than that. Why he actual
II argues that the next century will bring
BARRIERS who can cut a mans hair, and not
lei more than half Of it drop down the
back Of his neek.-Sytiags-
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-04-29
a LETTER
From the Mother Of Mics Jessie BonesteeIe.
Rochester. \. Y. Ap.il 2. 1850

I.ocLester, \. Y, April 2, 1856.
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testimonial to the many well-known cures
which your most cxceloa: remedy has effect
ed For more than two years was a great
sufferer with riIeu;nati5u, being scarcely free
from pain during The time found no relief
until procured DR.. Pardees remedy, and it
cured me completely It is now two years
since discontinued its use and have had no
symptoms OF the disease since. know from
my own and from the experience of many
others also that it will cure any case Of rheu-
uat.sm CT neuralgia
an, very truly yours,
MRS. Il s. BONESTEELE.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-04-29

Repetition is sometimes the only way to
impress n truth upon the mind. Accordingly
take notice that Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purga-
tive Pellets" the orig nal Little LIVER Pills.
continue 10 be wonderfully effect We in sick
and nervous headach ., constipation, in1i scs-
ties, and l ailments arisin- from obstruction
Of the boil y functions. Their action is thor
ough yet gentle, and re ingredients be ng
tirelv vegetable, they can be taken With i'm
druggists
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-04-29

EVERY day Parisians consume forty-ninc TO
hfty tons OF snai in their season. The are
boiled in five or Il waters. extracted from the
shell, dressed in fresh butter and garlic. then
p a ed in the shell, covered 18th pastry and
bead crumbs, and finally simmered i'll white
wine
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-04-29

The extremes of age in the Yale fresh-
man class are thirty years and two months
and fftsen yesSa end zen months,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-04-29

A bottle OF Red Sta Cough Cure made a
thorough and permanent cure OF cold 50
severe that l could not talk, says Mr.. J. p.
Roach, assistant super intendent New York
Centra Sleeping Car COMPANY.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-04-29

A man might as well try to satisfy the
cravings Of hunger, from barrel Of Sara
toga potatoes, as TO pretend 10 do bust
ness and not sdygtise, DaAsTilk FFfisS,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-04-29
FACTS FOB THE CURIOUS.

A popularity of the language Of the
Sandwich Islands is that every word end.
in vowel.
Experience in Glasgow hospital has
taught Dr. ]. S. Marine that boiled OF
fried fish is dangerous diet for weak
persons, but that steamed fish is harm
less.
In the days of Rome's greatest pros
perity, that is, during the reign of Au-
gustus, the circumference Of the city
enclosed by walls was about twenty
miles.
The Plantagenet line of English kings
began with Henry II. and ended with
Richard IL, occupying the throne of
England for nearly two and one-half
centuries, that is, from 1854 to 1889.
The highest balloon ascension on
record is said to have been made in 1852
by Mr.. Glaisher and Mr. Coxwell, two
famous English aeronauts. They reached
an altitude of 81, 600 f i, o seven miles.
In 1852, when picture Of the mem
bers of the United States Senate was
taken, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, etc,
being present, every member was Clearly
snayen except one, and he had only short
side whiskers.
If the earth were of hardened steel and
tully magnetized, its power would be
about 2, 900 times as great as now. If
the earth were Of soft iron and magne-
TIED by a sufficient current, it would be
about 10, GOO times as strong magnet as
it is now.
In the college slang of Princeton =
perfect recitation is called a tear
of Harvard, a squirt of Bowdoin,
sail" Of Williams, a rake and of
Amherst, a "cold rush. Failgres AZ,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-04-29

A sTATIsTICIAN SAYS tho average age Of Eu
ropean girls when they marry is twenty->i1
years, and OF men about twenty-eight-
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-04-29

Syracuse, N Y.
GESTs:-I have been t-olbled with Rheu-
matism for three years, at tines very badly
afflicted; WIS in that condition about two
weeks ago, wiien ! gotta bottle of Dr. Pardee's
Rheumatic Remedy, snl in three days timo
was greatly relieved, or have not been trou-
bled with it since firtihed this bottle feel
like recommending it in the highest terms, as
believe it viii do oil that is claimed for it.
Yours truly,
JOHN BLODGETT,
GO Madison St.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-04-29


Sharpening steels for butchers and
table use are really files. with the teeth
running lengthwise instead of diagonally
across. The teeth are produced by means
of hardened knurl, the steel being re
volved in lathe. The result is n series
of fine lines raised from the stock and
running from tang to point.
DR.. F. X. Stoekly, states that super
numerary fingers and toes are found with
extraordinary frequency among negro
tribes living beyond the Orange Free
States. He mentions the case of Caffre,
aged eighteen, who himself had six fin
gers on each hand, while the same an
Omaly was present in his father, in his
mother, in his four sisters and in one
brother. His mother also had double
series of toes on both feet.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-04-29

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